ARIZONA IRISH MUSIC SOCIETY
Song Lyrics
A COLLECTION OF IRISH (AND SCOTS)
SONGS
collected and transcribed by Joe Bethancourt
Thanks to The Irish Rovers, Tom and Marie Teven, Shelley Rabinowitz, Karen Jolley, Andy Stewart, Kirby Wise, Seamus McCafferty, Rich Bailey, and a bunch of other rounders and roarers and pub-crawling lovers of Irish music who have contributed to this database.
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| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| AIKENDRUM |
| AIR FALALALO |
| THE ALCOHOLIC'S ANTHEM |
| ALISON GROSS |
| ALL AROUND MY HAT |
| ALL FOR ME GROG |
| THE ANCIENT AND OLD IRISH CONDOM |
| ANNA THEA |
| THE ANTI-UNICORN SONG | Broad Black Brimmer | W.J.Bethancourt III |
| ARTHUR MCBRIDE AND THE SERGEANT |
| AS I LEAVE BEHIND NEIDIN | Jimmy MacCarthy |
| AS I ROVED OUT |
| AUNTIE BELLA |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| BACK HOME IN DERRY |
| THE BANE OF THE COUNTY DOWN | Star Of The County Down | W.J. Bethancourt |
| THE BANKS OF SICILY | Farewell to the Creeks | Hamish Henderson |
| THE BANKS OF THE ROSES |
| THE BANTAM COCK |
| THE BARNYARDS O'DELGATY |
| GLORIOUS BEER |
| THE BEGGAR MAN |
| BLACK VELVET BAND |
| THE BOLD O'DONOHUGHE |
| BOLD THADY QUILL |
| BONNETS OF BONNIE DUNDEE |
| BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL |
| THE BONNIE SHIP THE DIAMOND |
| BORED OF THE DANCE |
| THE BRAES O' KILLIECRANKIE |
| BRENNAN ON THE MOOR |
| BROAD BLACK BRIMMER |
| BROOM O' THE COWDENKNOWES |
| A BUCKET OF THE MOUNTAIN DEW |
| COME OUT YE BLACK AND TANS! |
| THE BOLD FENIAN MEN |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| CALEDONIA | Dougie Maclean |
| CAM YE O'ER FRAE FRANCE? |
| CARRICKFERGUS |
| THE CHILL EASTERN WINDS |
| COCKLES AND MUSSELS |
| COME O'ER THE STREAM CHARLIE |
| CONTINENTAL CEILIDH |
| COULTER'S CANDY |
| COURTIN' IN THE KITCHEN |
| THE CRAIC WAS NINETY IN THE ISLE OF MAN |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| DANNY BOY |
| I'M A DARLIN' |
| DINNY THE PIPER |
| THE DOG IN THE MICROWAVE | Lincolnshire Poacher | Ken Johnson |
| DONALD MAC GILLAVRY |
| DONALD WHERE'S YOUR TROUSERS? |
| DUBLIN IN THE RARE OLD TIMES |
| DUMBARTON'S DRUMS |
| DUNDEE CAT |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| EILEEN AROON | Gerald Griffin |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| FAIRIES LOVE SONG |
| FAREWELL TO THE RHONDDA |
| FIDDLER'S GREEN |
| THE FIELDS OF ATHENRY |
| FINNIGAN'S WAKE |
| THE PORTREE KID |
| FLOWER OF SCOTLAND | Roy Williamson |
| THE WORK OF THE LANDLORD |
| MISS FOGARTY'S CHRISTMAS CAKE |
| THE FOGGY DEW |
| FOLLOW ME UP TO CARLOW | Patrick J. McCall |
| FOUR GREEN FIELDS | Tommy Makem |
| FROM CLARE TO HERE |
| THE WORK OF THE LANDLORD | Work of the Weavers | Stephen L. Suffet |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| GALWAY BAY |
| GALWAY BAY (parody version) |
| THE GALWAY RACES |
| GEORDIE |
| GLENWHORPLE (THE "G" SONG) |
| GOD SAVE IRELAND | T. D. Sullivan |
| THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN | Wm. Butler Yeats |
| GOLDEN, GOLDEN | Andy Stewart |
| THE GOOD SHIP KANGAROO |
| THE GREAT SILKIE |
| THE GREEN FIELDS OF FRANCE |
| GREEN SHAMROCK SHORE |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| HARD TIMES OF OLD ENGLAND |
| HARVEST THE MOON |
| HASTE TO THE WEDDING |
| HEATHER ON THE MOOR |
| WITH HER HEAD TUCKED UNDERNEATH HER ARM |
| THE HIGHWAYMAN | Alfred Noyes | Phil Ochs |
| THE HILLS OF CONNEMARA |
| THE HIPPIES AND THE BEATNICKS-O |
| HO-RO, MY NUT BROWN MAIDEN |
| THE HOLY GROUND |
| HOW PADDY STOLE THE ROPE |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| I'LL TELL ME MA |
| I'M A ROVER |
| THE IRISH ROVER |
| IRISH SOLDIER BOY |
| IRISH SOLDIER LADDIE |
| ISLAND MEN |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| JENNY LASS (JOHNNY LAD) |
| JOCK STEWART |
| JOHNNIE COPE |
| JOHNNY JUMP UP |
| JOHNNY MC ELDOO |
| JUG OF PUNCH |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| KELLY OF KILLANE |
| KILKELLY IRELAND | Peter and Steve Jones |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| LAKES OF PONCHARTRAIN |
| LAMENT FOR OWEN ROE O'NIELL | Cumha Eoghan Ruaidh U¡ N‚ill |
| LAMENT OF THE IRISH IMMIGRANT |
| LANNIGAN'S BALL | Michael McCann |
| THE LARK IN THE MORNING |
| LASSIE LIE NEAR ME |
| LASSIE WI' THE YELLOW COATIE |
| LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL |
| LET MICK MCGUIRE SIT DOWN |
| LOCH LOMOND |
| LOCH TAY BOAT SONG |
| LOCK THE DOOR, LARRISTON! | James Hogg |
| LORD GREGORY |
| LORD NELSON | Tommy Makem |
| LORD OF THE DANCE | Sydney Carter |
| LOVER'S HEART | Andy Stewart & Phil Cunningham |
| THE LUM HAT WANTIN' THE CROON |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| MACINTYRE |
| MacNAMARA'S BAND |
| MACPHERSON'S FAREWELL |
| MAGGIE | Geo. W. Johnson | J. A. Butterfield |
| MAIDS WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG NEVER WED AN OLD MAN |
| MANYURA, MANYAH! | Matt McGinn |
| MARIE'S WEDDING |
| Mary and the Soldier |
| MARY HAMILTON |
| MARY MACK |
| Matt Hyland |
| THE MEN BEHIND THE WIRE |
| THE MERMAID |
| THE MERRY PLOUGHBOY | Dominic Behan |
| MICROWAVED DOG | Lincolnshire Poacher |
| MINGULAY BOAT SONG | Lochaber |
| MINGULAY BOAT SONG |
| Mna na hEireann | Peadar O'Dorinin |
| THE MOONSHINER |
| TO MORROW |
| MOSES RI-TOORAL-I-AY | Brain O'Higgins |
| THE MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE | Percy French |
| MUIRSHEEN DURKIN |
| MY OLD MAN'S A DUSTMAN |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| A NATION ONCE AGAIN | Thomas Davis |
| THE NIGHTINGALE |
| NOT BRIGHT, AND I DON'T CARE | Whiskey In The Jar | Robert Cooke |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| O'DONNELL ABU | The Clan Connell War Song | M.J.McAnn |
| THE OLD ORANGE FLUTE | Betsy From Pike |
| ONE SUNDAY MORNIN' |
| ONLY OUR RIVERS RUN FREE | Michael MacConnell |
| Or¢ s‚ do Bheatha Abhaile | D¢rd Fianna |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| PADDY McGlNTY'S GOAT |
| PADDY O'CONNOR | Patrick Connors |
| PPADDY'S GREEN SHAMROCK SHORE |
| THE PARISH OF DUNKELD |
| THE PARTING GLASS |
| PATRICK FAGAN |
| THE PATRIOT GAME | Dominic Behan |
| PEGGY GORDON |
| PEGGY-O |
| THE PIPER O'DUNDEE |
| PLANXTY SEAMUS | Wearin' O'the Green | W.J.Bethancourt III |
| PLOOBOY LADDIES |
| PORTADOWN RACES | The Blaydon Races |
| THE PORTREE KID | Ghost Riders in the Sky | Bill Hill |
| PRIDE OF PETROVAR |
| THE PUB WITH NO BEER | Parsons |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| THE QUEEN OF ARGYLL | Andy Stewart |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| RAGLAN ROAD |
| RAMBLIN' IRISHMAN |
| RAMBLIN' ROVER | Andy Stewart |
| THE RATTLIN' BOG |
| RED IS THE ROSE |
| REILLY'S DAUGHTER |
| THE RISING OF THE MOON |
| THE ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN |
| RODDY McCORLEY | Ethna Carberry |
| THE ROSES OF PRINCE CHARLIE |
| ROSIN THE BEAU |
| ROTHSAY-O |
| Song Name | Tune | Lyrics | Music |
| S GANN GU'N DIRICH MI CHAOIDH | Norman Nicolson |
| SALLY GARDENS | Maids of the Mourne Shore | W. B. Yeats |
| SCOTLAND THE BRAVE |
| HE SEVEN DEADLY SINS | The Kipper Family |
| SEVEN NIGHTS DRUNK |
| SEVEN OLD LADIES | "Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be?" |